Hacker News: msuserhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=msuserHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 14 May 2026 16:28:14 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by msuser in "YellowKey Bitlocker Bypass Vulnerability"]]>Point taken, but I would call this an authentication bypass (i.e. you can become administrator without any credentials) instead of a BitLocker bypass. It looks like at most, having BitLocker turned on is a requirement to trigger the bug/backdoor.

In any case I'd be very curious to read a response to these findings from someone at Microsoft.

]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 18:22:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48125525msuserhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48125525https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48125525<![CDATA[New comment by msuser in "YellowKey Bitlocker Bypass Vulnerability"]]>How is this a backdoor if one of the steps is to reboot the system while holding down SHIFT? To boot in the first place, the drive needs to be unlocked.

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